James V. Risser
James V. Risser (born 1938) is an American journalist and Emeritus Professor of Communication at Stanford University.
Career
[edit]Risser worked for The Des Moines Register for 20 years after which he was a member of the Pulitzer Prize board. He was also the director for Knight Fellowships.[1] He has won two Pulitzer Prizes for National Reporting, one in 1976 and the other in 1979. A Stanford University Prize was named after him, called the "Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism".[2][3]
Awards
[edit]- 1979: Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting "for a series on farming damage to the environment".[4]
- 1977: (with George Anthan) Raymond Clapper Memorial Award "for a story disclosing production of unsanitary meat for the school lunch program."[5]
- 1976: Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting "for disclosing large-scale corruption in the American grain exporting trade".[6]
- 1975: Raymond Clapper Memorial Award[7]
- 1971: Raymond Clapper Memorial Award Honorable Mention[7]
References
[edit]- ^ UPI ARCHIVES (Feb 12, 1985). "James Risser, Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington bureau chief of the..." United Press International.
- ^ "The Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism, Stanford University". Stanford University. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ "Risser". College of Journalism and Mass Communications Archive. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Risser, James (1979). "The Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ Collins, Nancy (May 1, 1978). "President's Regrets". The Washington Post.
- ^ Risser, James. "The Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
- ^ a b Journalism Institute. "Raymond Clapper Memorial Award winners (1944 to 2011)". National Press Club. Retrieved Nov 15, 2023.
